Free entertainment, fall crafts and merchandise, food vendors, a free petting zoo, children’s games, and Chamber member participation will be highlights of the Coal Country Chamber...
Wrapping up the week in the BenGil area with pictures! Week of August 23 Do you have a picture for the Week in Pictures? Email the photo...
Members of the Gillespie County Council expressed their wariness about the expansion plan of Shay No. 1 mine when they met Monday evening, August 24, during...
A pair of accidents about eight hours apart kept local emergency responders busy throughout the day on Tuesday, August 25, but the four local people involved...
One month after the Benld City Council denied hiring a fourth full-time officer for the Benld Police Department, Mayor Gloria Sidar asked the council during the...
St. Joseph Catholic Church in Benld will be celebrating its 100th anniversary in April of 2016 and the planning committee is in need of any photographs...
Wrapping up the week in the BenGil area with pictures! Week of August 16 Do you have a picture for the Week in Pictures? Email the photo...
Gillespie Community Unit School District #7 administrators reported 1,337 students showed up for school on Monday, the first day of the 2014-2015 school year, at the...
It’s training some officers have never received and officers hope they will never have to use, but Macoupin County Sheriff Shawn Kahl said it’s training that...
Hundreds of people will gather at the Gillespie Civic Center in Gillespie on Saturday, September 26 for the first annual benefit dinner, a fundraiser for Fight...
Heavy rainfall pounded the BenGil area Tuesday afternoon and parts of Macoupin County recorded over 5″ of water in the last 24 hours. Storm sewers were...
Members of the Gillespie City Council who are part of the lake committee advised the council during the city’s regular monthly board meeting held last Monday,...
No one was injured in an accident that involved four vehicles on Friday morning on Illinois Route 4 in front of Heritage Health, police say. Emergency...
Wrapping up the week in the BenGil area with pictures! Week of August 9 Do you have a picture for the Week in Pictures? Email the photo...
The 7th annual Gillespie/Mt. Olive alumni soccer game will be held on Saturday, September 12 at 5 p.m. at the Coal County Sports Complex in Gillespie....
[slideshow_deploy id=’21005′] After 26 years, Jean Holesko officially retired as general manager of the Gillespie-Benld Area Ambulance Service, Inc. Holesko’s dedication and service was celebrated on...
[slideshow_deploy id=’21013′] Wildlife management and a snake rescue service were called by the Gillespie Police Department last Wednesday, August 5, after officers discovered dozens of animals...
Pro Pharm Rx Inc., under the direction of T.J. Allan and Maurice Sullivan, will be opening this fall next door to Sullivan’s Pharmacy at 115 South...
Wrapping up the week in the BenGil area with pictures! Week of August 2 Do you have a picture for the Week in Pictures? Email the photo...
A Benld police officer is being hailed a hero after detecting a gas leak while on patrol early in the morning on August 1. Benld Police...
